Minister of State for Immigration
United Kingdom Minister of State for Immigration | |
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Royal Arms as used by the Her Majesty's Government | |
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Home Office UK Visas and Immigration | |
Style |
The Right Honourable (Formal prefix) Immigration Minister (Informal) |
Member of |
British Cabinet Privy Council |
Reports to | The Home Secretary |
Seat | Westminster, London |
Appointer |
The British Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister |
Term length | At Her Majesty's pleasure |
Inaugural holder | The Rt Hon. Timothy Raison |
Formation | 4 May 1979 |
Website | gov.uk |
The Minister of State for Immigration is a Minister of State in the Home Office of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is currently held by Caroline Nokes MP, since 8 January 2018.
Since June 2017, the role has attended cabinet.
Responsibilities
The minister is responsible for:
- Second at the Home Office
- Additional member of Cabinet, supporting Home Secretary.
- immigration and border policy (including non-EU migration to the UK; family reunion; border security; detention and removal policy; asylum policy; post-Brexit immigration policy for EU nationals)
- assisting Secretary of State with all policy on exiting the European Union
- international policy, including EU Justice and Home Affairs
- border security
- foreign national offenders (management in immigration detention and deportation to country of origin)
- resettlement policy (including the operation of Home Office resettlement programmes: Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme; Gateway; Mandate; and Vulnerable Children’s Resettlement Scheme)
- implementation of the Immigration Act 2016
- UK Visas and Immigration
- Immigration Enforcement
- Border Force
- HM Passport Office
- Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration
- Home Office immigration transparency data
- net migration statistics
Ministers of State for Immigration
Name | Portrait | Term of office | Political party | Notes | ||
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Tim Raison | 6 May 1979 | 6 January 1983 | Conservative | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State with responsibility for the Immigration and Nationality Department | ||
David Waddington | 6 January 1983 | 13 June 1987 | Conservative | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State with responsibility for the Immigration and Nationality Department | ||
Tim Renton | 13 June 1987 | 25 July 1989 | Conservative | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State with responsibility for the Immigration and Nationality Department | ||
Peter Lloyd | 25 July 1989 | 15 April 1992 | Conservative | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State with responsibility for the Immigration and Nationality Department | ||
Charles Wardle | 15 April 1992 | 20 July 1994 | Conservative | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State with responsibility for the Immigration and Nationality Department | ||
Emily Blatch | 20 July 1994 | 2 May 1997 | Conservative | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State with responsibility for the Immigration and Nationality Department | ||
Michael O'Brien | 5 May 1997 | 28 July 1999 | Labour | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Immigration | ||
Barbara Roche | 28 July 1999 | 11 June 2001 | Labour | Minister of State for Asylum and Immigration | ||
Lord Rooker | 11 June 2001 | 29 May 2002 | Labour | |||
Beverley Hughes | 29 May 2002 | 1 April 2004 | Labour | Minister of State for Citizenship, Immigration and Community Cohesion (2002-2003) Minister of State for Citizenship, Immigration and Counter-Terrorism (2003-2004) [1] Resigned over illegal immigration visa scandal[2] | ||
Des Browne | 1 April 2004 | 6 May 2005 | Labour | Minister of State for Citizenship, Immigration and Nationality[3] | ||
Tony McNulty | 16 May 2005 | 23 May 2006 | Labour | Minister of State for Immigration, Citizenship and Nationality[4] | ||
Liam Byrne | 23 May 2006 | 3 October 2008 | Labour | Minister of State for Citizenship, Immigration and Nationality (2006-2007) Minister of State for Borders and Immigration (2007-2008)[5] | ||
Phil Woolas | 3 October 2008 | 11 May 2010 | Labour | Minister of State for Borders and Immigration | ||
Damian Green | 13 May 2010 | 4 September 2012 | Conservative | Minister of State for Immigration[6][7] | ||
Mark Harper | 4 September 2012 | 8 February 2014 | Conservative | Minister of State for Immigration | ||
James Brokenshire | 8 February 2014 | 14 July 2016 | Conservative | Minister for Security and Immigration | ||
Robert Goodwill | 16 July 2016 | 11 June 2017 | Conservative | Minister of State for Immigration | ||
Brandon Lewis | 11 June 2017 | 8 January 2018 | Conservative | Minister of State for Immigration & International [8]
Member of Cabinet | ||
Caroline Nokes | 8 January 2018 | Incumbent | Conservative | Minister of State for Immigration
Member of Cabinet |
References
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-12-27. Retrieved 2011-02-03.
- ↑ Hughes resigns over visa scam row
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-12-26. Retrieved 2011-02-03.
- ↑
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-12-28. Retrieved 2011-02-03.
- ↑ Page 40"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2011-02-03.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-12-28. Retrieved 2011-02-03.
- ↑ "Government response to Catherine West's letter on international students". Catherine West MP. Retrieved 2017-12-24.
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